During an interview with Inside the Ropes, Chris Jericho spoke about not wanting to face Fandango at WrestleMania, which opened up Vince McMahon revealing how he feels about the Intercontinental Championship.
āāWhat about Wade Barrett? Iām a nine-time Intercontinental Champion. I could go for my tenth victory, the record-breaking tenth Intercontinental Championship.ā [Jericho asked McMahon]. [Vince McMahon] goes, āOh nobody cares about the fucking Intercontinental Championship,ā and I said, āWell they donāt care about Fandango either,ā and he goes, āThatās your job is to make them careā and I said, āSo I canāt change your mind?ā He goes, āNoā so I hung up on him. I hung up on my billionaire boss because I wasnāt happy with what he wanted me to do, prima donna Jericho in the hiz.ā